Lancashire Printing Co was established in 1976. Image: Google Maps

Lancashire Printing Co bought out of liquidation in connected sale

A Blackburn printer has been bought out of liquidation by a connected company.

Karl Lee became managing director of the Envelopes Division in April

Mail Solutions Group expands straws business; appoints new Envelopes MD

Mail Solutions Group’s Intrinsic Paper Straws business has expanded its production site and facilities as part of a major investment to support the long-term growth ambitions of the division.

L-R: Hylands, Bird and Abbie Lunn, CPI digital engineer  with the Schmedt Cover One

Kolbus adds Schmedt agency

Kolbus has taken on the agency for German bookbinding machinery specialist Schmedt, and has already added a fresh installation at CPI Group.

Salvatore Grimaldi, CEO of Grimaldi Industri, and Ian Melville (R)

Plockmatic acquires Intec to boost offering

Plockmatic Group has acquired UK-headquartered post-press equipment manufacturer Intec Printing Solutions as part of a strategy to add digital cutter/creasers to its portfolio.

Making bottles from beach plastic does little to prevent plastic pollution

Greenwashing site takes aim at brands for packaging hypocrisy

Greenwash.com, a website dedicated to exposing misleading ecological claims from large consumer brands, has expanded its remit to cover plastic packaging.

The Horizon BQ-270V offers high quality perfect binding

Penrose brings perfect binding in-house with Horizon

West London print group Penrose has brought perfect binding in-house after investing in a Horizon BQ-270V single-clamp perfect binder.

Each kiosk will house a Fujifilm CX3240 printer

Scribbler and Fujifilm partner on instant greetings card kiosk

High street greetings card retailer Scribbler has teamed up with Fujifilm on an instant greetings card kiosk that enables Scribbler greetings cards to be printed on-demand using Fujifilm print...

Sappi makes Magno Web at its European mills

Sappi adds web papers to Magno range

Sappi has added litho and digital reel options to its flagship Magno range after rebranding its Royal Roto products.

Winners at last night's House of Lords event with Lovell and Lord Black

2022 Rising Stars revealed

The Printing Charity unveiled this year’s Rising Star Award Winners at a House of Lords reception last night, with an unprecedented ratio of women securing grants from the scheme.

New P5 TEX iSUB: “The quality is superb, much less waste”

MacroArt in Durst first

MacroArt has installed the UK’s first Durst P5 TEX iSUB dye-sublimation device, which prints direct-to-fabric in one step.

(L-R) Matt & Thomas Gunn-Cullin have replaced three HP Latex printers with two Canon Colorados

Pineapple Express invests in second Canon Colorado

Pineapple Express has invested in a Canon Colorado 1630 printer, a year after it took on a Colorado 1650.

Matt Clarke (L) with Wayne Fitzpatrick, showing the new branding

Glossop Cartons reveals new name and rolls out rebrand

Cartonboard packaging manufacturer Glossop Cartons has unveiled a new name and rebrand that it said reflected both the evolution of the business and its vision for the future.